Mauritanian NGO denounces persistent slavery
2009-08-24
Mauritania's ethnic black H'ratines continue to be victimised by slavery in some regions of the country, a Mauritanian NGO asserted at a Nouakchott forum on Sunday (August 23rd). The Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) made the claims at an event marking the anniversary of the 1791 slave revolution of Haiti, Journal Tahalil reported. Mauritania criminalised slavery in 2006.
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teslem mint moctar samba Posted 2009-09-12
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